
Marcela began her studies at Los Angeles Pierce College with an emphasis on Pre-Medicine. Through medical internships in Morogoro, Tanzania (2015) and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (2018) she conducted visual ethnographies of doctor-patient relationships. After her arrival at the University of California, Berkeley, her first short film “Telepathy,” being co-director was selected at the Berkeley Pacific Museum and Film Archive Student Film Festival 2021.
In 2022, Marcela began working as an associate at Fagua Casting in Colombia where her 8+ years of cognitive research in the functioning of emotions and the subconscious is applied to working with actors through emotional activation with bioenergy. As a visual ethnographer, her research focuses on «natural» actors, ethics, and trauma recovery in contemporary Colombia.
Acting Coach:
Feature Film»Veneers», Fractory (USA, Colombia). 2024
Series «100 Años de Soledad» by Netflix & Dynamo Producciones (Colombia). 2023
Short Film «Caséte Rojo» by Victor Bastidas (Colombia). 2023
Short Film “Fieras” by Andrés Ángel Machete (Colombia) 2022
Assistant Acting Coach:
Short Film “Aunque es de Noche”, Sintagma Films (Spain). 2022
Casting Director:
Short Film «La Rabia». 2024
Feature Film»Veneers», Fractory (USA, Colombia). 2024
Documentary «Yo Nunca He», DEBRAÏN Marketing and Solar Cinema (USA, Colombia). 2022
Casting Assistant:
Feature Film «We Were Born Dead» by Juan Felipe Zuleta (USA, Colombia) 2023
SNAK Series «Campeona Gamer», Dynamo Producciones (Colombia) 2023
Feature Film «Pimpineros», Amazon Studios & Dynamo Producciones (Colombia) 2022